weekend adventure

Had an awesome weekend adventure traveling through New England. The highlight of the trip was definitely stopping in Nashua, NH to see our Ukrainian friends and go the Russian church at Grace Fellowship!
Our wonderful friends Richard, Anya, and Jacob, who recently moved from Ukraine:

We spent a lot of time talking about Ukraine, the ministry there, the English classes, what to pack, which store is safe to buy meat at, where to buy baby stuff and the best brands, and why it's better to buy toothpaste in Hungary. Very good information!
Anya also made us a very Ukrainian and very delicious supper!
At the Russian language church we were able to visit with the pastors, Slavic and Yulia:

Yulia leads worship in Russian and English. Slavic preaches in Russian and non-Russian speakers can wear a headphone set to hear Yulia translate into English!
Slavic introduced Mike and I at the beginning of the service and talked a little about us moving there (all in Russian and I totally understood! Though that was all I understood for the rest of the service... :)
He asked Mike to come up and speak about our plans. Mike started off in Ukrainian and did a beautiful job! Many of the people were very surprised to hear him speaking the language! I guess it is more likely to hear an American speaking Russian, than Ukrainian, so it was unusual. Afterwards, Slavic and the church prayed for us- it was very encouraging!
We are looking forward to going back to Nashua in October for the annual GOIAM conference at Grace Fellowship. It will be the baby's first road trip!
Follow the link below to learn more about the GOIAM conference:
http://www.gracefellowship.org/affiliates/goiam.html
We definitely recommend it!

Another update on a completely different subject:
I (annie) received the official 'okay' to take my national certification exam! I scheduled it for mid-August so that I will have some more time to study.

-a